By Ovat Abeng
A group, Old Aguata Union (OAU), Awka branch, Anambra State, says Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo’s approval of 70,000 new minimum wage for civil servants and the extension of his free education policy to senior secondary students in all public schools in the state is a practical demonstration of his efforts towards improving the living standard of the people as well as standard of education system in the state.
Chairman of OAU Awka branch , Comrade Chukwuemeka Richard Onwuegbuna gave the commendation in his address to marked this year 2024 OAU day celebration, held at Orpet Arena, Eze-Uzu junction Awka on Sunday.
According to Onwuegbuna, “We applaud the governor who within his first year in office recruited and have continued to recruit teachers in both primary and secondary schools in the state to cultivate our children.
“He has also declared free child birth and free education in our Primary Healthcare Centers PHCs and public primary and secondary schools respectively, to alleviate the problem of parents in this hard times in Nigeria.
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“We will also be extremely proud and make mouth the more if we hear that Anambra is the first state that actually implemented the new minimum wage as it should be for civil servants of the state.
“We therefore, call on all Anambrarians to partner with the State Government to extend the existing basic scholarship to all privately owned schools in the state, and promulgate policy that will stop the use of English in teaching our children until they are in basic 4. This he noted will help to save our dying igbo language.
On the OAU matters, Onwuegbuna said as a notable association with branches globally, we appreciate the efforts of our brother, governor Soludo, (ODENIGBO Aguata na Orumba) for his doggedness to keep security and impact on human and infrastructural development since his assumption of office especially the edifice of new government house Awka.
The Union is a brotherhood umbrella association for the indigenes of the 45 towns in the present day Aguata, Orumba-South, and Orumba-North Local Government Areas of the State. This Union, which the National Body was founded in 1994 was formed to bind us together for the personal and collective benefits of our citizens, the Chairman concluded.
The event also feature inauguration of Grand-Patron, Patrons and award presentation to some deserving members for their various contributions to the development of the Union. The awardees include; Chief Sir Joseph Chimezie Nwakpadolu, Chief Sir Godwin Okechukwu Uchime, Barr. J.C Nwikpo, Engr Dr. Martins Agbili, Prof Promise Okpala, Sir Fidelis Umeh, Chief Chika Nwosu, Dr Maduka Nwankwo High Chief Sunday Nnebe, Egwu John Maduabueke, and Engr Chief Innocent Ike-Ibe, who also serve as the chairman of the occasion, among others.